anonymous
7 March 2005
What volume or level should my mixes be at, before I send them to be mastered? Should the mix reach a certain level or should the mastering engineer worry about compensating for the low or even high level.
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It is good to get your highest peak somewhere in the -6 to 0 DBF
It is good to get your highest peak somewhere in the -6 to 0 DBFS range. This ensures you are using all the available bits, at least once :)
Concerning average RMS levels my mixes usually end up somewhere between -14 and -18dBDBFS
It's the mastering engineer's job to get the CD at commercial levels
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